United Kingdom VAT & Duties Tribunals Decisions

 


Scarce Skills Ltd v Revenue and Customs [2005] UKVAT V19090 (26 May 2005)

19090

LONDON TRIBUNAL CENTRE Reference No: LON/2005/112

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Respondents

SCARCE SKILLS LTD Appellant

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HER MAJESTY'S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS Respondents

Tribunal: ANGUS NICOL (Chairman)

Sitting in public in Cardiff on 11 May 2005

DIRECTION

under Rule 30(8)

THIS APPEAL against a decision of the Respondents with respect to a Default Surcharge being a reasonable excuse appeal as defined by rule 2 of the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 as amended coming on for hearing this day

AND UPON HEARING Mr A Thomas, director, for the Appellant and Mr Jonathan Holl for the Respondents

AND THE parties present at the hearing by their said representatives stating pursuant to Rule 30(8) of the Value Added Tax Tribunals Rules 1986 as amended that they do not require the said decision to be recorded in a written document in accordance with Rule 30(1) of the said Rules

THIS TRIBUNAL FINDS THAT on the evidence before the Tribunal the Appellant failed to establish that there was a reasonable excuse for the default within section 59(7)(b) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994

AND THIS TRIBUNAL DIRECTS THAT this appeal be DISMISSED

AND that there is to be no direction as to costs

ANGUS NICOL

Chairman

Release Date: 26 May 2005

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